Page 249 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 7 March 2007
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bagging that he copped for that. I see nothing like that on the public record from Dr Foskey.
DR FOSKEY: You have seen it before today.
MR HARGREAVES: Shame on you, Dr Foskey.
DR FOSKEY: Come on, John.
MR HARGREAVES: At least think locally. If you are going to talk locally and claim locally you should at least think locally. Right now you have blown it. In February 2006 the Council of Australian Governments, or COAG, agreed to develop a new national climate change plan of action and to establish a high-level interjurisdictional climate change group to oversee the implementation of the plan’s recommendations. The ACT is a participant of the group and a member of a number of its working groups.
The commonwealth government has recently begun taking a more active role in adaptation and the ACT government welcomes this. However, it also believes it would be preferable that more of the resources of the commonwealth were available to assist it with a wider range of abatement and adaptation options such as clean renewable energy and in taking a firmer lead in emissions trading and emission reduction targets.
I believe that this government, the Stanhope Labor government, has done a lot to put reality into our commitments to the Kyoto principles. I mentioned a few of them just a moment ago. I also announced recently a change to the rules around hire cars to allow hybrids. I know that a company called Eco Taxis in Melbourne is highly successful at the hybrid hire car end of the market. I believe that would significantly contribute to the attitudinal change that has to accompany our attack on climate change. At this stage I would like to move the amendments that have been circulated in my name. I seek leave to move amendments Nos 1 to 5 in my name together.
Leave granted.
MR HARGREAVES: I move amendments Nos 1 to 5 circulated in my name together:
“(1) in paragraph (1) (b), omit ‘and’;
(2) insert new paragraph (1) (c):
‘(c) the Government’s climate change strategy will be released soon; and’;
(3) omit paragraph (2) (a);
(4) omit paragraph (2) (d), substitute:
‘(d) notes the Government’s imminent climate change strategy intends to incorporate:’; and
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